Backlist books have a big advantage when it comes to how much I end up liking them. Their ratings from me are almost always high for a few of reasons. First, I feel no pressure to stay with a backlist book if it doesn’t grab me because I have no obligation attached to it, so mainly finish books that are working for me. Second, I’m most often picking up a backlist book because I’ve hear great things about it from others. And finally, I turn to some backlist books because I’ve read other books from that author, and feel confident her/his other books will be equally as good. I don’t generally read a lot of backlist books, but this year was a little higher than normal with 15 titles. Interestingly, I listened to 9 out of ten of these books. That was a BIG surprise, even to me. No matter the format, these or my ten favorites! (In order of original publication date.)…

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Today marks the halfway point of Nonfiction November, so it seems like a good time to do official mini-reviews of multiple books I’ve already mentioned several times this month. Three are memoirs, one a piece of investigative journalism, and the last, a historical account of early female flyers. All are great works that many will want to add to their nonfiction TBR stacks!…

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